Natural Lighting- Sourced from the sun and happens during daytime hours
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Task Lighting- Any lighting that serves a specific purpose or task
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Accent Lighting- emphasizes objects by focusing light directly on them
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Wall Grazing- A lighting technique where lights are placed closely to a wall to show wall texture.
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Ambient Lighting- lighting that is hidden not coming from a direct source of light.
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Perimeter Lighting- lighting installed arond the perimerter of a space
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Up Lighting- light placed or designed to throw illumination upward
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Cove Lighting- indirect lighting built into ledges or recesses. It directs light up towards the ceiling and down adjacent walls. It may be used as primary lighting, or for aesthetic accent, especially to highlight decorative ceilings.
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Recesed Lighting- a light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling.
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Drop Lighting- a lamp that is suspended down from the ceiling.
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Wall Washing- lighting placed at a farther distance from the wall to make shadows and imperfections disappear
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Sconce Lighting- a type of light fixture that is fixed to a wall. The light is usually, but not always, directed upwards and outwards, rather than down.
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2x4 Fixtures- lighting fixtures placed in the celing usually used in commercial buildings
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Incandescent Lighting- an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows. (Warm Light)
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fluorescent Lighting- a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. (Cool Light)
Natural Lighting- Sourced from the sun and happens during daytime hours
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